❓ Hon George Cash questions the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure regarding international agreements influencing changes to pastoral lease conditions. The Minister clarifies the government's commitment to establishing a conservation reserve system based on international and national agreements.
AnsweredQoN 1295Legislative Council
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I refer to statements made by the Minister in the 1st session of Muster No. 2 on Saturday, October 12 2003 in which she referred to the effect of international agreements and covenants on the need to change the conditions applicable to pastoral leases -
What international agreements or covenants was the Minister referring to when she said, ‘the exclusions are being driven by International agreements and covenants’?
What international agreements or covenants was the Minister referring to when she said, ‘the exclusions are being driven by International agreements and covenants’?
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Answered
18 November 2003
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure
Response time
33 days
The Minister covered many issues in her opening address to the Gascoyne Muster on Saturday 11 October 2003. Among those issues the Minister advised that the State Government had accepted that it had national and international commitments to establish a conservation reserve system. These commitments were the basis of many of the pastoral lease exclusions for conservation purposes.
In 1992, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), which Australia and Western Australia is a key player established a worldwide goal of establishing at least 10% of each major biome being protected in a protected area by 2000.
The major national commitment arises through the National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia’s Biological Diversity signed by the Hon Richard Court MLA in 1996 that agreed to “establish and manage a comprehensive adequate and representative system of protected areas covering Australia’s diversity. There are a number of agreements between the State and the Commonwealth.
There are many international agreements and conventions that relate to this issue, the most important include;
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Convention on Migratory Species
- Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
All of the above relate to the protection of biodiversity through protected area networks.
In 1992, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), which Australia and Western Australia is a key player established a worldwide goal of establishing at least 10% of each major biome being protected in a protected area by 2000.
The major national commitment arises through the National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia’s Biological Diversity signed by the Hon Richard Court MLA in 1996 that agreed to “establish and manage a comprehensive adequate and representative system of protected areas covering Australia’s diversity. There are a number of agreements between the State and the Commonwealth.
There are many international agreements and conventions that relate to this issue, the most important include;
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Convention on Migratory Species
- Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
All of the above relate to the protection of biodiversity through protected area networks.
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